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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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v. [震え] shake with or as if with cold; tremble; break into fragments or splinters


Spelling Word: shiver
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n. [誹謗中傷] defamation;  false and malicious statement or report about someone


Spelling Word: slander
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n. [球] ball; globe; a particular aspect of life or activity


Spelling Word: sphere
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v. [幹] stop the flow of a liquid; make headway against


Spelling Word: stem
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n. [スターリング] any English coin of standard value; coined money


Spelling Word: sterling
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n. [合計] mount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; amount


Spelling Word: sum
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a. [交感神経] expressing compassion or friendly fellow feelings; approving; having similar disposition and tastes


Spelling Word: sympathetic
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n. [技術] one skilled particularly in the technical details of work


Spelling Word: technician
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n. [トーナメント] contest; sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner


Spelling Word: tournament
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a. [透明] easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely


Spelling Word: transparent